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TL/DR - Idaho lawmakers are set to vote on a bill seeking to prohibit the use of public funds for gender-affirming care, including its use by state employees and adults registered with Medicaid. If approved, Idaho will join at least nine other states with similar bans, potentially leading to an expected lawsuit in federal court due to previous…

TL/DR - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Mohammad Mustafa, a US-educated economist, as the next prime minister as part of the US's push to reform the Palestinian Authority for Gaza's postwar vision. Abbas tasked Mustafa with drafting a plan to reunite administration in the West Bank and Gaza, lead government reforms, and fight…

TL/DR - Mississippi's Republican-led House is preparing to debate the expansion of Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents. The House Medicaid Committee has advanced a bill that would increase eligibility for Medicaid, potentially extending benefits to about 250,000 people. The proposal faces opposition from some Republicans who…

TL/DR - Four people died in what the Los Angeles police have described as a murder-suicide in the Granada Hills area. The deceased include a man in his late 40s, two women (one in her late 40s and the other around 80), all dead from gunshot wounds, and a man in his late 80s who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The police, who responded…